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[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
The black text will be a little bit longer still have to figure out how to change that4 because of it being in an xml file as far as i know
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
that's cool man take your time there's no rush your theme looks great by the way
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
thats not my theme lol, i only did the vk's
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] doubleokneegro:
yeah when i opened the orange i didnt see the same icons changed as i did when i compared it to the blue icons.. so the orange.zip may not be correct

yeah thats my theme check Graffiti Citrus in the themes forum.. just had to post a screenshot
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
yeah i knew which theme it was im just bad with names and so i thought it was his lol anyways its hawt bro
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
yeah i will have to change that when i get home and check all of them again. but will have to wait til i get home from work and my son goes to bed
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
I think that i found the where the text can be changed i just have to wait til i get home to change it
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tubaking182:
in the screenshots in the first post there is black with blue background. i really like that look. would you mind releasing it(unless i just didn't see it in the other post in which case please let me know which one it is).
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
ill let him know because diaztradeinc is the one that did that one but the the black to the far left and far right we need to find where to change that as well to look better as all blue
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
Good Sh!t bro
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] aponte26:
i have been trying all day to place the blue framework file into my Jf 1.5 aero theme but i keep getting a message that says the zipped file is corrupted. can someone please walk me through this please. .. thanks
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
lol welcome tom my world bro ive been dealing with the same ish
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
are you guys resigning the update before doing it?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] :
hey guys that's a good start, but I just wanted to point out that there are more keyboard image resources you can edit, they are under the apk LatinIME.apk

that's the build-in English keyboard app in 1.5, unzip that apk and you will see all those keyboard images (such as key icons), in addition to that, obviously you had already figured out you need to modify the btn_key* png files in the framework res
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
you dont need to change those unless you want to change the color of the text and thats only for the symbols not the letters there are no pngs for that its a xml for the letters i believe
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] :
you need to modify them if you want to have a white keyboard for example
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
yeah, we just havent done that yet because of changing the xml file. going to test that out later
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
polevu france? lol what? resigning them? didnt know i had to nor do i know how to
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] aponte26:
stupid question but what do you mean by resigning the update?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
You have to do these steps, because it makes it so that you dont get force closes because if it doesn't work then it just doesnt do the update

1.have a copy of your last update (mine was 1.5hr3) and open it up to system/framework

2. unzip the download from here

3.take framework-res.apk out of there and copy it to the /system/framework file in your update

4.get stericsons directions on how to auto sign and use his signer really easy

5. update

but if you give me a lil bit i think might be able to get it work with out signing it dont use those apks from before the blue one was the first one so thats why it works i think i know where i messed up so ill get back to you soon
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] doubleokneegro:
My two cents...

A slightly advanced tutorial.

1. Using an unzip application, such as winzip, OPEN your personal update.zip or any other update.zip (themes, or cupcake builds Haykuor and JF I have tested) to Framework/drawables

2. Select your choice of color of VK from page 2, unless they have been moved

3. Open the file (orange, green, blue, and what not .zip) and go to Framework/drawables

4. Copy these files, you can visually see the 4 out 6 keyboard icons are the color you've selected, but for specifics or blank templates edit these .9 pngs

Btn_keyboard_key_normal.9.png

Btn_keyboard_key_pressed.9.png

Btn_keyboard_key_normal_on.9.png

Btn_keyboard_key_mornal_off.9.png

The other two keyboard files you may edit are

Btn_keyboard_key_pressed_off.9.png

Btn_keyboard_key_pressed_on.9.png

Please remember to repack your Framework/drawables back into your update.zip

Sign and watch the hard work pay off.

***Would help to know how to edit .9 pngs.. be careful editting***

Just copying the files, signing, and updating is perfectly fine as well.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
I'm not sure if this is a dumb question or not but do you think if eventually this could be made into a process as easy as just update.zipping it? kinda like you can for some fonts and a theme? Since i kinda dont know sh!t about any of this stuff.

i was just lucky enough to trade my non Rooted G1 for an already rooted G1 and Ive kinda just been picking up stuff here and there the furthest Ive gotten is changing my boot screen through the fastboot deal.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
Im sure it can, i will just have to find out how to exactly do it
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] doubleokneegro:
yeah it can be done... my understanding is, just like the fonts, you could take a font template update.zip and then remove the font folder, input the "color-keyboard"... put in its respective framework folder or .apk and then sign and it should only change the keyboard... if you add the other folders, those will copy over theme icons/customizations..

think that should do it, if its rigfht
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] MontAlbert:
can i ask where you change the background of the kb? i have made my keys a dark navy blue, which fits nicely with white letters.... i just want a white background now...

thx for this awesome work!

***edit*** looked closer and have found a few files: keyboard_background.9.png , keyboard_key_feedback_background.9.png , keyboard_key_feedback_more_background.9.png , keyboard_popup_panel_background.9.png , keyboard_accessory_bg_landscape.9.png

what do each of these do?

Andi wonder if i can apply these to the touch input KB? one way to find out :D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
Okay here are the corrected vk's, the other ones were not signed correctly but these ones should be okay.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
How do i apply these same way as before?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] hellsonlyangel:
Alright!!!!!!!!!!!!! Some different colored VK thanks guys, love the red need a yellow one, and its all good
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] aponte26:
can someone please walk me how to resign the framework to the update zip
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
do you have the auto signer? if not here it is.(thanks you stericson) unzip it open the autosign and then go through steps 1-3 and then open the testsigner_apk when thats done open the autosign back up and hit 4 then its going to ask for the path to make it simple put it on your c drive and then type c://framework-res.apk hit enter type yes and there you go
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
finally got it but for some odd reason when i was putting the apk file in the Gloss theme it changed the color of the status bar
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] beagz:
The difference is that fonts were just pushed into the system/fonts folder. In this case you are trying to edit the framework-res.apk on the fly. You might have the same reasons that the *home apps cannot edit the statusbar on the fly. I would like to see it done. It would be totally cool to do those kind of on-the-fly edits.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] g2crx:
i cant seem to get this to work for me idk if its cause im on dudes build or not.I dl'd the color unzipped it and drug the file over to the system framwork on the last update..zip i had. it resigns and flashes fine on my phone but my VK is still the stock color.Any help woud be appreciated.

thanx

james
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] beagz:
Just get the Btn_keyboard*.9.png files replace the ones in your framework drawables.

I use 7-zip file manager then I don't even have to unpack the files. I just drag the edited files from one .apk within the update.zip to the other .apk. After drag and drop I click the up level button in the 7-zip file manager and it says "file modified - do you want to save" I click yes, close 7-zip when done and then resign the update.zip and flash it.

See post #59 for more info on files to copy if needed. doubleokneegro already posted which files to copy.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
i dont know if its worth it right now because for some reason every time i apply it it tends to kill the theme like nothing is themed but the icons everything else just changes to the default look, like i looked in the contacts and the status bar all of that changes to default
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] blindmp2:
this is insane,, you guys are doing it once again,, crazy crzy once again customizing every aspect of android,,,,,GREAT WORK
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] doubleokneegro:
Um if you are attempting to pack the new keyboard color WITH a theme, please check out my post #57 or #59.

You should just copy the files listed in the themes framework drawbles file.

All other files should be the customized theme files in that particular framework drawables folder. Therefore the keyboard and the themes status bar edits, etc will be in the same update.

Screenshot of my theme w an orange vk that I edited in on the same page.

Hope that helps out more
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
I have the blue vk with the gloss suite so it is possible but i had to mess around a little bit and if you're on a different build its still going to work if you use the framework-res.apk that is in that update
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Beast84:
Any update on changing the text in the xml? I would really be feelin a white keyboard on this
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
I have an idea where it is i'm pretty sure i know which one it is, but not sure if the way i think to edit the xml will work and i dont feel like flashing and going through the errors at this point lol i've been doing that for like 3 days now
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tubaking182:
i wasn't sure if it was already ponted out, but making it to an update.zip is not possible to my knowlege(which may be limited) because we are changing images INSIDE an apk file and pushing that to the phone if we only included the images that need to be changed then the ENTIRE .apk would be overwritten and you would only have the images that you placed in the new framework-res.apk that you just pushed. you would have crashes upon boot. i would say the best thing to do would be for the devs of these VK's to include a framework folder that ONLY included the files needed to be changed to get the right colors then we could just copy and paste and overwrite anything in the original framework in order to keep the edited images of a theme in tact.

P.S. sorry if i seemed to ramble, hope it makes since i got distracted by the trek-athon on the scifi channel. the new star trek movie was AZAMING if anyone cares
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
you have to edit the pngs a certain way and then run them through eclipse and then replace them and then sign the framework-res again, so its actually less for you to do if you get the framework-res, if you're going to replace just those files might as well just photo edit not to much more to it than that
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] g2crx:
THank you i got it after alot alot of tryzzzz.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] RainCrow:
I just picked up this thread and thought I could help you out. You might try out paint.net. Google it. Its a free but weaker photoshop. That is if your on windows anyways. On linux GIMP prolly?

Excited to see more keyboards. : )
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tubaking182:
there is a windows version of gimp, i have yet to try it since i run linux, but i would assume it's similar. google gimp for linux
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jrherras:
I can't get the autosign works in vista 64 can someone upload the red and blue? 1 more thing can i just use adb to push the framework-res.apk?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
how do i get to the drawables folder? do i need a certain program to make it past the .apk file?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
I'm sorry if i sound stupid I'm just trying to learn little **** here and there instead of becoming a huge bother.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] pershoot:
u can use winrar to open up the framework .apk. it will be in there.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] MontAlbert:
i use 7zip.... right click on file.... 7zip..... open archive..

then u can navigate thru apk. drag and drop files in and out as required.

i use this method:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3339701&postcount=6
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] doubleokneegro:
no no problem.. you need 7-zip, which im sure you've heard that before..

you need to take the .zip folder that youve downloaded,

if using windows, i usually right click on it and go to 7-zip open archive... there you can click through to the drawables folder

ex. framework.res>framework.apk>res>drawables or something similiar to that.. just click till you find res>drawables.. then either extract them or click and copy over to your update you were going to flash on your phone.. MAKE SURE you go up a folder, is what i do, to confirm changes.

pm if you need more help
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
doubleokneegro & MontAlbert you opened my world to theme making and for that i appreciate it i know im not gonna have the patience to make an entire theme anytime soon but at least i can customize my own phone now.

you guys are awesome and thanx for the patience and thanx for the help. i seriously thought theming was a lot harder but you guys showed me it wasn't as bad as i thought just a little bit time consuming.

thanx again guys
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
oh and i finally got my black gloss keys with the white background that i wanted woohoo
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] MontAlbert:
can you tell me which icon/image is needed to mod the background of the keyboard? I too want a white background.....

****edit**** found it.... try keyboard.* png files.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
in case you guys want it heres white gloss with gloss keys and white background oh and incase you guys hadent found it yet theres a file in the same place called "keyboard background" that changes those two little spots on the ends of the keyboard so they dont stay black. anyways here you go guys and this is for JF 1.5

http://www.mediafire.com/?onnyynvozcz
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] MontAlbert:
yeah i found them but i also want the rest of the kb background white as well...cant seem to find file..
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
theres only 6 files plus that one that i talked about that sais keyboard background. the actual "background", "background" is a little piece around each individual keydowload that glossy theme i just put up and see how i did it. ide put up some pix of it but i accidentaly got rid of my free screen shot app and i dont fell like paying, 3.00 for the other one.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] g2crx:
How do you figure out what color its gonna be?sorrry for the noobish question.

nvm i think i got it
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
If you have the sdk downloaded there is a program in there called ddms and if you have your phone hooked up you can take screen shots of your phone with that its in one of the top buttons
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
sorry man I tryed setting up the sdk but it wont work for me i dont know what im doing wrong.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
I'm not really sure how it works, ive never done it before lol i just know that you can do it there
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
well do one of two things either save the zip file to your computer and look at how i did the keys and take them and apply them to your own theme or just flash the theme i put up with the keyboard already done
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
different build wouldn't work, someone will end up doing a screenshot its all good
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
Here are some thanx to g2crx and him sending me the screenshot app.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] MontAlbert:
here is my blue and white KB. Wasn't this dark on my pc.... might have to try and lighten it.....but relatively happy with it....

thing is i am not editing the .9.pngs correctly as i can't find instructions (i did a search) so for some reason when i try and change colour of these it goes all black.... oh will..i am just using corel paintshop pro to edit....
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
wow i didnt notice how wide the little light on the capitalize key was on the widescreen view gonna have to fix that for sure.

looks tight mont
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jonnybueno:
This link doesn't work. :confused:

The page cannot be found

The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] MontAlbert:
worked for me just then....
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
worked for me just now also and i wasnt signed in or anything dont know sir
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jonnybueno:
Weird... I everytime I try I get that same error message. It pops up right after I click on the link on the mediafire page... first it says processing download then it goes to the error message page.

Any chance you could upload to another site?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] shaneaus:
Can you make an H VK colored to match the G VK in the Dudes1.1 build?

I LOVE the colors!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] beagz:
Here's something I added.

This is totally cool.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] blindmp2:
great work on the gloss white vk.. totally works with the dudes build
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
thats hot bro wheres the file for the little popup letter?

Thanx blindmp2 im glad you like it
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
Just put up an updated Gloss w/ white VK i changed the size of the little light it was way too wide when in landscape mode. for those of you that couldnt download it try it again see if it works if not ill see about going to another sharing website
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jonnybueno:
Mediafire link worked for me this time! Thanks!:)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] doubleokneegro:
no problem man, just try to help out here on the forums... not one to bash noobies, cus **** i feel im a newbie compared to these other members.. i just have a lot of time to read tha tutorials and answer my own questions..
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] doubleokneegro:
im lookin for it as well.. i think its the difference between editing the normal and pressed icons with 2 different colors... that way when you press the key to reveal this "new icon color" it needs to be edited that way.. and then keep the normal key colors the same etc...

that is general, not a specific instruction... need to test before i can lay it out for you, if needed... unless ur trying stuff out
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] soloxp:
Working HTC_CIME_VK

Just testing the water.

What you guys think.

The last pic was my first...as a test.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
Thanx let me try it out.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] AbsoluteDesignz:
I think it looks absolutely attocious...but the fact that it can be themed is awesome :-)

Can you make one with inverted colors only? white text and black gloss keys...like black black not the android VK dark grey black...I'd love that.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
found them, these two chance it

keyboard_key_feedback_background.9

keyboard_key_feedback_more_background.9
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] doubleokneegro:
great!! thats whats up.. im looking to design the keyboard somehow
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
From Dark to light hell yeah i wish i had more than one phone Im having way too much fun
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] beagz:
Cool glad you found them sorry I didn't see your post earlier
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
thats cool bro whats important is that we figured out another cool trick hellz yeah
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Beast84:
Any chance you could post that white keyboard?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
if you want the white keyboard only extract it from there if you want the whole theme just flash it to your phone its a cluster fuk of different peoples themes (just learning how to mess around) its mainly gloss suite with some gloss minimalism and my own keyboard

http://www.mediafire.com/?uounygahwj3
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Beast84:
Just want the white keyboard but thanks man I appreciate it

EDIT: Damn that looks good! Thanks man. Now I'm gonna have to poke around at some of the xml's to see how to turn the text on the keys black & we'll be in business!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] aponte26:
sorry guys i know this was mentioned already but i cant find it... which file changes the background of the keyboard? and which changes the color of the letters on the keyboard? thanks
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] beagz:
keyboard_background.9.png.

cannot find which file handles keyboard text color.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
If we can find where "textPrimaryColor" is stored we will be good
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
Thanx bro im glad you like it and your welcome
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] xcallibur:
Hey I saw this and had to try it...

Here's my contribution

Thanks for the inspiration guys

Hit me up if you want it...
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] shaneaus:
Thanks for all of the hard work and tricking out our keyboards.

Please ignore this post if you have answered it before. I think I read all of the posts...

Is it possible for ya'll to alter the colors for the key.apk VK? I use that one because of my big fingers. I find it much easier to type.

But, I am running Dude's build with Manup's blue theme. Manup themed the G VK. But, since I am running the key.apk... It is the only thing that doesn't match.

I know that Dude included TouchInput with his build - maybe, it is themed as well... But, I can't find out b/c it force closes on me every 2-3 seconds when I select the TouchInput or Chinese TouchInput on his build. So, I installed the key.apk and it works great! Just not so nice looking!

So, if it wouldn't be too big of an issue please alter the key.apk file to match Manup's G VK!

If you don't want to get into themeing the other keyboards than I understand.

Thanks for your great work!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
It is possible to change the key.apk, the only thing is when i was looking at doing it when i was filling in the buttons it was coming out retarded, but i will look into it when i get home tonight from work and see what i can do for ya
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
Thanx for the idea
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jonnybueno:
Can you upload your update.zip? That new keyboard looks sick!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
http://www.mediafire.com/?tugg3ecwnq2

if you want the font Im not sure if that transfers over
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Jrbourque:
it doesn't, you have to change your DroidSans.ttf to have your text change
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] cjlyrix:
how do u do that?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] DaUub:
why does my toggle settings force close when i flash this theme?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] LatinSilEighty:
not sure i dont have toggle setting so would'nt be able to tell you maybe the size of the theme. i know me doing stuff to the already existing theme is making it somewhat fat?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] DaUub:
damn i love the theme. how did you port both into eachother
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] cjlyrix:
so how do u change the font?